Pat Phelan’s rampage left two residents shot and the villain himself brutally knifed to death.

But actress Sue Cleaver, who plays Phelan’s clueless wife Eileen Grimshaw, has admitted that she was not worried that her character would be killed off.

The 54-year-old, who has appeared in Coronation Street since 2000, revealed that she would have received a phone call to “pre-warn” her - unlike newer cast members.

Speaking to Sue and Nicola Thorp, who plays Phelan’s daughter, at the screening of violent episodes, Mirror TV asked whether they had feared their characters would meet their maker.

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Sue Cleaver revealed that she wasn't worried her character would be killed off (Image: PA)

“I was, definitely,” actress Nicola exclaimed. “I thought I was pretty much safe when I was pregnant. But once the baby was born I thought, 'Oh if Phelan's coming back with a gun... I dunno'.”

Meanwhile Sue replied: “I just thought, I've been here this long, I'm sure I would have had a phone call to pre-warn me.”

“I hadn't been here long enough to have that security, I was worried!” Nicola quipped.

Phelan ended up shooting his own daughter Nicola (Image: ITV)

Things looked bad for Eileen when she was knocked unconscious (Image: ITV)

Viewers watched last night as Phelan took wedding guests hostage in the Bistro when he tried to get help for daughter Nicola, who he had accidentally shot.

However Phelan was the only casualty after being murdered by nemesis Anna Windass, who plunged a knife into his chest.

Confirming that this was definitely “the end” for Phelan (and that would be no surprise resurrections this time), Sue said that she would miss her on-screen partner Connor McIntyre.

“He’s been around for five years, gosh it’s been a long time,” she told us. “Yeah it’s been a gas but we’re so used to it with the job, people coming and going. And so I’ll just be waiting to see who else comes along.”